Wed, Sep 20, 2017 @ 7:30am - 12:00pm
- When?
September 20, 2017 - Where?
Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center; 9240 South Riverbend Avenue; Parlier, CA 93648
View the agenda below, or click here [†]:
| 7:30 AM | Registration | |
| 8:00 | TRAM LEAVES FOR FIELD TOUR | |
| Alfalfa Varieties for Pest and Disease Management (Handout [†]) | Shannon Mueller, Agronomy Advisor and County Director, UCCE Fresno | |
| Remote Sensing in Sorghum to Phenotype Drought Stress (Handout [†]) | Jeffery Dahlberg, Director at Kearney Agriculture Research & Extension Center | |
| Sub-Surface Drip Irrigation Alfalfa Management (Handout [†]) | Daniel Putnam CE Agronomy & Forage Specialist, UC Davis | |
| 9:15 | TRAM Returns | |
| 9:20 | Managing Weeds in Agronomic Crop Rotations (Slides [†]) | Kurt Hembree, Weed Management Farm Advisor, UCCE Fresno |
| 9:40 | Alfalfa Weevil Management (Slides [†]) | Rachael Long, CE Agronomy & Pest Management Advisor, UCCE Sacramento, Solano, & Yolo Counties |
| 10:00 | Managing Sugarcane Aphid in Forage Sorghum (Slides [†]) | Nicholas Clark, CE Agronomic Cropping Systems & Nutrient Mgmt. Advisor, UCCE Kings, Tulare, & Fresno Counties |
| 10:20 | Irrigation & Nitrogen Fertility Management in Forage Sorghum & Corn (Slides [†]) | Robert Hutmacher, CE Specialist, UC Davis, & Director of West Side Research & Extension Cener |
| 10:40 | Break | |
| 11:00 | Irrigation Systems and Salinity Management in Forage Production (Slides [†]) | Daniel Munk, CE Agronomy & Irrigation Advisor, UCCE Fresno |
| 11:20 | Low Lignin Alfalfa & GMO vs. Conventional Varieties for Export (Slides [†]) | Dan Putnam, UC Davis |
| 11:40 | Optimizing Surface Irrigation in High Flow Systems | Marsha Campbell-Matthews, CE Agronomy Advisor Emeritus, UCCE Stanislaus |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch |